Great review of a very entertaining album Chax. Only quibble I have is I don't consider Organic a drop in form/quality or anything. It could be the first album by the group syndrome at work here (for instance, I love No Prayer for the Dying while most other Maiden fans say its the weakest Dickinson album), but I thought Organic was just great. Is an interview happening? Could you ask IA why he/his label make it so hard to get Freak Kitchen unpirated? Land of the Freaks is already out of stock most places including the official site. The less said about the back catalogue the better.

@Ravi: I was supposed to interview, and I passed the job on to Chax. Tell you what, you guys could all post questions and we'll compile and send them over to IA.

For my money, this is the best FK album till date. Bang on review by all means.

Regarding Organic, I've never really pegged down the reasons why it didn't click with me as much as the rest. Speak When Spoken To is certainly a great opener. But around midway through the album, I've always switched off. Only other songs I remember are Mussolini Mind, Rights To You and Chest Pain Waltz. I guess, melodically it was more stripped down and maybe less catchy than the stuff that came before and it didn't have the layers/additional quirky elements of the new one.

But I like No Prayer For The Dying too - only Dickinson album I didn't get into totally was Fear of the Dark.